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. 2011 Mar 27;5:43–52. doi: 10.4137/BCBCR.S6128

Table 1.

Main methods of breast volume measurement.

Archimedes (displacement of water)9
Anthropometry (anatomic) measurement8
Imaging (mammography,6 MRI,12 CT, and US18)
Grossman-Roudner device method7
Casting10
Biostereometrics (3-D surface scanning)5,17

Abbreviations: MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; CT, computed tomography; US, ultrasonography; 3-D, three-dimensional.